The Bank of Spain issued a 1000-peseta banknote in his honor
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José Echegaray
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, politician, and one of the leading dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama."
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science · Spanish politician, engineer, and scientist · playwright · civil engineer · politician · writer · engineer · mathematician · economist · poet · also José Echegaray, Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Jose Echegaray, Echegaray
Born 19 April 1832 · Died 14 September 1916 · Q127349
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1916· 1 entry
Died 1916-09-14.
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1911· 2 entries
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1911).
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Career landmark: president of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society (1911–1916).
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1907· 2 entries
Won Echegaray Medal (1907).
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Career landmark: vocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicas (1907–1916).
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1905· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration (1905).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge (1905).
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Career landmark: full professor (1905–1916).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Treasury of Spain (1905–1905).
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1904· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1904).
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After having been nominated that year by a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, making him the first Spaniard to win the prize
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1903· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1903–1904).
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1902· 1 entry
Awarded Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII (1902).
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1898· 1 entry
Career landmark: Madrilgo Ateneoko presidentea (1898–1899).
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1894· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (1894–1916).
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1879· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Congress of Deputies (1879–1881).
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1877· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Congress of Deputies (1877–1878).
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1874· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of the Treasury of Spain (1874–1874).
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1872· 3 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Congress during Sexenio Democrático (1872–1873).
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Career landmark: Minister of Development of Spain (1872–1872).
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Career landmark: Minister of the Treasury of Spain (1872–1873).
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1871· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress during Sexenio Democrático (1871–1872).
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1869· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Congress during Sexenio Democrático (1869–1871).
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Career landmark: Minister of Development of Spain (1869–1871).
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1866· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (1866–1916).
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1854· 1 entry
Began teaching a class at the Engineering School, working as a secretary there also
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1832· 1 entry
Born 1832-04-19.
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